Electronic appliance having magnifying-glass display function, display controlling method, and display control program
First Claim
1. In a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance, an electronic appliance comprising:
- a storage unit for storing thereinto information which is displayed on a display screen of said display unit;
a move amount detecting unit for detecting a move amount in such a case that while said appliance main body is held, said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to said display screen thereof; and
a display control unit for causing the information stored in said storage unit to be displayed on said display screen, and for dynamically changing a display size of said information in response to the move amount of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction, which is detected by said move amount detecting unit.
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Abstract
In a portable telephone, a sensor constructed of, for example, a 3-axial acceleration sensor is built in the vicinity of a display unit which is provided on a main body of the portable telephone. When a user moves the display unit along a vertical direction (Z-axis direction) with respect to a display screen thereof while the user holds the appliance main body, the sensor senses both a move direction and a move amount of the display unit, and thus, information displayed on the display screen of the display unit is enlarged, or compressed in display magnification defined in response to the sensed move amount. As a result, a display size of the information displayed on the display screen can be changed in such a manner that the user may have such a natural feeling achieved by moving a magnifying glass.
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25 Claims
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1. In a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance,
an electronic appliance comprising: -
a storage unit for storing thereinto information which is displayed on a display screen of said display unit;
a move amount detecting unit for detecting a move amount in such a case that while said appliance main body is held, said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to said display screen thereof; and
a display control unit for causing the information stored in said storage unit to be displayed on said display screen, and for dynamically changing a display size of said information in response to the move amount of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction, which is detected by said move amount detecting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance,
an electronic appliance comprising: -
a storage unit for storing thereinto information which is displayed on a display screen of said display unit;
a first move amount detecting unit for detecting a first move amount in such a case that while said appliance main body is held, said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to said display screen thereof;
a second move amount detecting unit for detecting a second move amount in such a case that while said appliance main body is held, said display unit is moved along a substantially horizontal direction with respect to said display screen thereof; and
a display control unit for reading a portion displayable on the display screen of said display unit from the information stored in said storage unit to display said read portion, and for dynamically changing a display size of the read portion of said information in response to the first move amount of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction, which is detected by said move amount detecting unit, and also, for dynamically changing the display size of the read portion of said information in response to the second move amount of said display unit along the substantially horizontal direction, which is detected by said move amount detecting unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A display control method used in a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance, comprising:
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a step for displaying information to be displayed on a display screen of said display unit;
a step for detecting a move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display screen thereof; and
a step for dynamically changing a display size of said information in response to the detected move amount of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction.
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23. A display control method used in a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance, comprising:
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a step for reading a portion displayable on the display screen of said display unit from information to be displayed and for displaying the read portion;
a step for detecting a first move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display screen thereof;
a step for detecting a second move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the display screen thereof; and
a step for dynamically changing a display size of said read portion of the information in response to the first move amount of said display screen of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction, and for dynamically changing a display size of said read portion of the information in response to the second move amount of said display screen of said display unit along the substantially horizontal direction.
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24. In a computer-readable program used in a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance,
a display control program causing a computer to execute: -
a step for displaying information to be displayed on a display screen of said display unit;
a step for detecting a move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display screen thereof; and
a step for dynamically changing a display size of said information in response to the detected move amount of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction.
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25. In a computer-readable program used in a portable type electronic appliance having a display unit at a predetermined position of a main body of the portable type electronic appliance,
a display control program causing a computer to execute: -
a step for reading a portion displayable on the display screen of said display unit from information to be displayed and for displaying the read portion;
a step for detecting a first move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially vertical direction with respect to the display screen thereof;
a step for detecting a second move amount when said display unit is moved along a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the display screen thereof; and
a step for dynamically changing a display size of said read portion of the information in response to the first move amount of said display screen of said display unit along the substantially vertical direction, and for dynamically changing a display size of said read portion of the information in response to the second move amount of said display screen of said display unit along the substantially horizontal direction.
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